A/HRC/44/32/Add.1 United Nations General Assembly Distr.: General 3 June 2020 English only Human Rights Council Forty-fourth session 15 June–3 July 2020 Agenda items 2 and 3 Annual report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and reports of the Office of the High Commissioner and the Secretary-General Promotion and protection of all human rights, civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights, including the right to development Improving accountability and access to remedy for victims of business-related human rights abuse through non-Statebased grievance mechanisms: explanatory notes Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights* Summary The present document accompanies the report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights to the Human Rights Council pursuant to the request by the Human Rights Council in its resolution 38/13. That report (A/HRC/44/32) makes general observations about the role of non-State-based grievance mechanisms in achieving accountability and access to remedy for business-related human rights abuses. Its annex contains a set of recommended policy objectives for States and relevant non-State actors, supported by a series of elements intended to demonstrate the different ways in which those objectives may be met in practice. The present document has been prepared as a companion to the report and should be read alongside it. This addendum provides background, definitions, examples and contextual information with respect to the policy objectives and supporting elements found in the annex to the report, in order to enhance understanding and to aid future implementation. * The present document is reproduced as received, in the language of submission only. GE.20-07376(E) 